The immensely popular video game franchise "Uncharted" may finally have found its leading man to play Nathan Drake.
According to wegotthiscovered.com, Mark Wahlberg has been the longtime front runner for the role. Initial rumblings of Wahlberg getting role came out when the scandalous Sony emails were leaked as per playstationlifestyle.com.
Sony Pictures Entertainment former co-chairman Amy Pascal apparently had a discussion with studio executive Jonathan Kadin.
Based on the exchange, Kadin said this about the game's leading character: "Drake is contemporary and more complex than Indiana's period and altruistic do-gooder character. Drake is more Han Solo - (and who doesn't love Han Solo?) - a guy who is in it for himself, he mixes with a criminal element and often gets in trouble, but ultimately stands up for what's right and discovers he has a heart.
National treasure was a bit soft with Nicolas Cage and more about the historic puzzle solving. Drake should feel more like the Bourne or Bond version of the action adventure genre which is something audiences haven't seen yet - a grittier, contemporary globe-trotting adventure steeped in the antiquities world that exists today."
On a separate exchange, the 2 discussed the film's director Seth Gordon and Mark Wahlberg's involvement. "Mark asked where we are thinking of shooting the movie, Seth said there were casual talks about Australia or Mexico but nothing solidified yet," he said. "Mark said he doesn't want to do a lot of green screens - he wants as many locations as possible. Wants NATE to feel more like Bourne than Indy and of course, Seth agreed."
"It wasn't clear whether Mark wants to see a new draft before committing. That's what we need to figure out. Seth is ready to work on the script his week and would like to bring [David] Guggenheim [screenwriter] out Monday," he continued.
The exchange then shows that the film could be out by summer 2016.
